Shower-bath fixture.



V. F. JABLONSKI.

SHOWER BATH FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1915.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

WITNESSES:

BY \7 M, ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN co.,wAsmNuTON. n. c.

I ED sra t NVINCENT F. JA L NsK jQF NEW YORK, N. Y.

a sHownn-BATH FIXTURE.

To all whom it mag concern: a i

Be it known, that I, VINCENT F, JABLON- SKI, a citizen of the United;States, and a resident of New York, borough ofBrooklyn, county of Kings,and State ofNe York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Shower-Bath llixtures, of which the following is a, full, clear, andexact specification.= k I This inventionrelates to a classofappa ratusadapted to be used for bathing purposes. My invention has; for itsobject primarily toprovide an apparatus, or fixture designed to beemployed to permit persons of various heights to take shower bath in amanner whereby the shower may be caused to flow on any desired partofthe body sothatwetting the-hair especially of a woman bather may beavoided,.and which is constructed so asto be adaptable forms inconjunction with bath tubs arranged to receive their supply of water ateither the right or left end thereof. I I I a The invention 7 consistsessentially of a support adapted to bearranged'so as to be heldstationary adjacent tothe receiverof source of water supply, and on thissupport above the receiver is j a curtain ring which is substantially,elliptic; in shape to permit the ring toibe disposed directly overthereceiver when the, support is arrangedin proximity to, either end of,the; receiver. Also on the support is a; curved perforated hollow waterspray elementprovidedwith aninlet, and one end of this spray element isconnected to the supportina manner so asto be adjusted rotatalblyi aswell as up;- wardly and downwardly thereon for: dis tributingthewater inthe form of a shower.

Other objects of the invention are to provide afiexible pipe leadingfromtheisource ofwater supply: to the inlet of thespray ele-- ment; andto provide means whereby the support, may be fastenedito a wall, or'thelike.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specificationinwhich similarcharactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the, views,the said inventionvbeing more fully describedhereinafter, and thenpointed out in the claims at theendof the description.- i

In the drawing, Figure l isga side View,

, partly brokenaway, of a bath tubshowing Specification ofLetters'Patent.

Patented Aug. e, 1915.

' Application fi1ed Apri129, 1915. Serial No. 24,710.

the manner of using one form of shower bath fixture embodying zmyinventionin conjunction therewith. F ig. 2 is an en's larged View,partly in section, taken on the line IIII of'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isanenlarged sectional view, partly in detail, taken on the line III-III ofFig.1, and Fig. 1 is an enlarged top view, partly in section, of thewater shower element. I x

The shower bath fixture has a support, or

post 10. which may be of a suitable length, I

and this supporting post is adapted tofbe dlsposed so as to be heldstationary adjacent to thereceiver of the water of an appa ratus forpermittingv persons to take a bath, for instance a bath tub, as 11,whiclrmay be arranged to receive water through the faucet, as 12, of apipe 13 leading from a suitable source of supply at either the right, orleft end of the tub, it being customary to apply the water supplyfixtures to a bath tub it at either one of its ends as occasionrequires.

The supporter postlO of. my shower bath I fixture is preferably disposedvertically in proximity to the inlet faucet of the water, i recelver, ortub, and serving as means to 7 hold the post in astationary position,two

brackets, as 14 and 15, are provided. j The bracket 1a has a base-plate16, which is fastened by screws, or otherwise to a wall,

or other support contiguous to the -tub,:and I extending from thisbase-plate is ashort rod having thereon an inverted cap 17in whichthelowerfend of the post is seated. The bracket 15 has a base-plate 18which is fastened by screws, or otherwise to the Wall', or

other support above the bracket 14, andpro. jecting from this base-plateis a rod 19. The rod 19, extends through registered openings 20: and 20of a union, or sleeve 21 formed with, two oppositely projectingapertured bosses 22 and 22 and fromthe sleeve midway between thesebosses is a lug 23having a passage therein communieating with theopening 20 of the-sleeve of the bracket 15.

The rod 19 of the base-plate 18 is of'a length T so as to extend alsothrough the passage of thelug'23, andthis lug is inserted through anopening 24 so as; to extend across the upper part of the recess 25 of acap26 which is mounted .on top of the supportingpost" 10.

Through the top of the cap 26 is a threaded opening 27 in which ispassed a thumb screw 28 adapted to be moved into and out tofiengagementwith the lug forholding the cap, tl1e, sleeve 2l, and therod ,19 againstaccidental displacement, I and by providing this form of the bracket 15with the form of bracket 1 1 the post 10 may be readily" Fig. 1, thering30 adjacent to its right end is split, at 31, and these split ends ofthe ring are mounted infthe; apertures of the bosses 22 and22ofthe'sleeve 21 of the bracket '15. When the apparatus, or fixture isarranged for use in' conjunction with a t-ub receiving its supply'ofwater at the left end thereof the post 10 of the fixture is arrangedaccordingly adjacent to this end of the tub, and the other end portionof the ring, as at 32, is split instead. These split ends of the,ringare then mounted in a similar manner to the bracket 15, and there-'quirement for employing a bracket as well as the splitting of the ringat its right end Aportion will thereby be dispensed with.

Theshower bath'curtain is "adjustably suspended from the ring by the useof a suitable number of rings-3 1, orotherwise, and by using theelliptic ring, as'explained, the curtain may bedisposed' so that itslower end will be interiorly-of the central part of thetubto'preventwater from flowing exteri'orly thereof when the bather is taking ashower;

servingto permitthe water to be distributed in the form of a shower onany desired part of the body of the bather withoutwet- 'tingthe hairespecially of a woman bather, a spray element 35 is provided. The sprayelement 35 is preferably in the form of a curved hollow tubularpipe-like body hav ing one end closed by a cap, as 36, and at spacedintervals in the concaved part of the wall thereof are perforations, as37, for distributing the water in a shower. On the other end of thespray element, or perfo rated-pipe-like'body 35 is a boss 3" having arecess 38 communicatingwith the interior of the perforated'pipe-likespray element and this boss has a nipple 39 projectingdownwardly for serving as an inlet to admit water into the sprayelement. On the boss '37 is a sleeve 40which -is guided over thesupporting post 10 before the bracket '14 is applied thereto, and thissleeve is of a diameter whereby the spray element 35 may be'adjustedrotatably as well as upwardly and downwardly on the post 10. Toretain the perforated pipe-like spray element 35 on wthe in position, in

a threaded opening in the sleeve 40 1s a thumb screw "el'ada'pted to bemoved into and out of, engagement with the post, and to 7 permit waterto be delivered to the spray element, on its inlet nipple 39 isremovably applied one end of a flexible delivery pipe 120f rubber, orother material having its other end removably applied on the faucet 12of the pipe Ieading'from the source of watersupply, tl1epipe42 beingof alength to allow the spray element to be elevated to any desired heighton the post 10. When a person desires totake a shower bath,- and afterthe curtain is properly adjusted in the water receiver, or-tub,the'screw 41 of the spray element 35' is loosened from its en'- gagementwith the post 10'. -The'spray, element 35 may then be guided upwardlyand downwardly on the postlO as well as being rotatably movedcircumferentially of the body of the bather following the opening of thefaucet'of the source of water supply.

The water delivered from the fauojet through the pipe 42, and throughthe spray element will thereby be showered on the desire parts of thebody of the bather.

In the foregoing description, I have em bodied the preferred form of myinvention,

but I do not wish'to be understood aslimiting myself thereto as I amaware that modifications may be made thereinwithout ,de parting from theprinciple, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this, invention,

therefore I reserve; to myself the right'to make such changes as fairlyfall within the scope thereof; 1 r Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and Patent a e v 1. In a shower bath fixture, a postadapted to be fastened to a support in va vertical position adjacent toone end of a bath tub,

desire to secure by Letters or other water receiver, a pipe-likesprayelement having one end movably connected to the support so as to beadjusted upwardly and downwardly thereon as ,:well as being swungcircumferentially over the, tub whereby water may be showered onflthedesired 1 parts of the body of a bather, and the said spray elementhaving an inlet for the admission of water, means connected to theinlet,

leading from a source of water supply for delivering water to'the sprayelement, two oppositely disposed apertured bosses on the upper end ofthe post, and a split substantially elliptic ring having its endsinserted in the apertures of the bosses, as set fort and for the purposespecified.

'2. In a showerbath fixture, a post, two

brackets each having a cap in which the ends of the postare seated, andsaid brackets be- 1ng adapted to be fastened to a support in averticalposition adjacent to one end of a bath tub, or other waterreceiver, a curved pipe-like spray element having one end movablyconnected to the support so as to be adjusted upwardly and downwardlythereon as well as being swung circumferentially over the tub wherebywater may be showered on the desired parts of the body of a bather, andthe said spray element having an inlet for the admission of water, aflexible ipe means connected to the inlet, leading rom a source of watersupply for delivering water to the spray element, two oppositelydisposed apertured bosses on the upper bracket of the post, and a splitsubstantially elliptic ring having its ends inserted in the aper- -turesof the bosses, as set forth and for the purpose specified. v a u 3. In ashower bath fixture, a post, two

brackets each having a cap in which the ends of the post are seated, andsaid brackets being adapted to be fastened to a support ina verticalposition adjacent to one end of a bath tub, or other water receiver, acurved perforated'pipe having one end closed, and

having an inlet in its other end to admit water thereinto, a sleeve onthe inlet end of the perforated pipe, and adjustably movable on thesupport whereby the perforated pipe may be adjusted upwardly anddownwardly as well as being swung circumferentially over the tub so thatwater may be showered on the desired parts of the body of a bather,means connected to the inlet, leading from a source of water supply fordelivering water to the spray element, two oppositely disposed aperturedbosses on the upper bracket of the post, and a split substantiallyelliptic ring having its ends inserted in the apertures of the bosses,as set forth and for the purpose specified.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty eighth day of AprilA. D. 1915.

VINCENT F. J ABLON SKI.

Witnesses RoBT. B. ABBOTT, M. DERMODY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

" Washington, D. G."

